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2020-06-15sched/deadline: Implement fallback mechanism for !fit caseLuca Abeni
When a task has a runtime that cannot be served within the scheduling deadline by any of the idle CPU (later_mask) the task is doomed to miss its deadline. This can happen since the SCHED_DEADLINE admission control guarantees only bounded tardiness and not the hard respect of all deadlines. In this case try to select the idle CPU with the largest CPU capacity to minimize tardiness. Favor task_cpu(p) if it has max capacity of !fitting CPUs so that find_later_rq() can potentially still return it (most likely cache-hot) early. Signed-off-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200520134243.19352-6-dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
2020-06-15sched/deadline: Make DL capacity-awareLuca Abeni
The current SCHED_DEADLINE (DL) scheduler uses a global EDF scheduling algorithm w/o considering CPU capacity or task utilization. This works well on homogeneous systems where DL tasks are guaranteed to have a bounded tardiness but presents issues on heterogeneous systems. A DL task can migrate to a CPU which does not have enough CPU capacity to correctly serve the task (e.g. a task w/ 70ms runtime and 100ms period on a CPU w/ 512 capacity). Add the DL fitness function dl_task_fits_capacity() for DL admission control on heterogeneous systems. A task fits onto a CPU if: CPU original capacity / 1024 >= task runtime / task deadline Use this function on heterogeneous systems to try to find a CPU which meets this criterion during task wakeup, push and offline migration. On homogeneous systems the original behavior of the DL admission control should be retained. Signed-off-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200520134243.19352-5-dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
2019-06-17Merge tag 'v5.2-rc5' into sched/core, to pick up fixesIngo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2019-06-05treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441Thomas Gleixner
Based on 1 normalized pattern(s): this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by the free software foundation version 2 of the license extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier GPL-2.0-only has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 315 file(s). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net> Reviewed-by: Armijn Hemel <armijn@tjaldur.nl> Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190531190115.503150771@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-06-03sched/core: Provide a pointer to the valid CPU maskSebastian Andrzej Siewior
In commit: 4b53a3412d66 ("sched/core: Remove the tsk_nr_cpus_allowed() wrapper") the tsk_nr_cpus_allowed() wrapper was removed. There was not much difference in !RT but in RT we used this to implement migrate_disable(). Within a migrate_disable() section the CPU mask is restricted to single CPU while the "normal" CPU mask remains untouched. As an alternative implementation Ingo suggested to use: struct task_struct { const cpumask_t *cpus_ptr; cpumask_t cpus_mask; }; with t->cpus_ptr = &t->cpus_mask; In -RT we then can switch the cpus_ptr to: t->cpus_ptr = &cpumask_of(task_cpu(p)); in a migration disabled region. The rules are simple: - Code that 'uses' ->cpus_allowed would use the pointer. - Code that 'modifies' ->cpus_allowed would use the direct mask. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190423142636.14347-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2018-03-04sched/headers: Simplify and clean up header usage in the schedulerIngo Molnar
Do the following cleanups and simplifications: - sched/sched.h already includes <asm/paravirt.h>, so no need to include it in sched/core.c again. - order the <linux/sched/*.h> headers alphabetically - add all <linux/sched/*.h> headers to kernel/sched/sched.h - remove all unnecessary includes from the .c files that are already included in kernel/sched/sched.h. Finally, make all scheduler .c files use a single common header: #include "sched.h" ... which now contains a union of the relied upon headers. This makes the various .c files easier to read and easier to handle. Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2018-03-03sched: Clean up and harmonize the coding style of the scheduler code baseIngo Molnar
A good number of small style inconsistencies have accumulated in the scheduler core, so do a pass over them to harmonize all these details: - fix speling in comments, - use curly braces for multi-line statements, - remove unnecessary parentheses from integer literals, - capitalize consistently, - remove stray newlines, - add comments where necessary, - remove invalid/unnecessary comments, - align structure definitions and other data types vertically, - add missing newlines for increased readability, - fix vertical tabulation where it's misaligned, - harmonize preprocessor conditional block labeling and vertical alignment, - remove line-breaks where they uglify the code, - add newline after local variable definitions, No change in functionality: md5: 1191fa0a890cfa8132156d2959d7e9e2 built-in.o.before.asm 1191fa0a890cfa8132156d2959d7e9e2 built-in.o.after.asm Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2018-03-03sched/deadline: Clean up various coding style detailsMario Leinweber
- Fixed style error: Missing space before the open parenthesis - Fixed style warnings: 2x Missing blank line after declaration One warning left: else after return (I don't feel comfortable fixing that without side effects) Signed-off-by: Mario Leinweber <marioleinweber@web.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180302182007.28691-1-marioleinweber@web.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-08-10sched/deadline: Change return value of cpudl_find()Byungchul Park
cpudl_find() users are only interested in knowing if suitable CPU(s) were found or not (and then they look at later_mask to know which). Change cpudl_find() return type accordingly. Aligns with rt code. Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: <bristot@redhat.com> Cc: <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: <kernel-team@lge.com> Cc: <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495504859-10960-3-git-send-email-byungchul.park@lge.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-08-10sched/deadline: Don't re-initialize 'struct cpudl'Viresh Kumar
The 'struct cpudl' passed to cpudl_init() is already initialized to zero. Don't do that again. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Cc: linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/bd4c229806bc96694b15546207afcc221387d2f5.1492065513.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-03-02sched/core: Remove the tsk_cpus_allowed() wrapperIngo Molnar
So the original intention of tsk_cpus_allowed() was to 'future-proof' the field - but it's pretty ineffectual at that, because half of the code uses ->cpus_allowed directly ... Also, the wrapper makes the code longer than the original expression! So just get rid of it. This also shrinks <linux/sched.h> a bit. Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-09-05sched/deadline: Split cpudl_set() into cpudl_set() and cpudl_clear()Tommaso Cucinotta
These 2 exercise independent code paths and need different arguments. After this change, you call: cpudl_clear(cp, cpu); cpudl_set(cp, cpu, dl); instead of: cpudl_set(cp, cpu, 0 /* dl */, 0 /* is_valid */); cpudl_set(cp, cpu, dl, 1 /* is_valid */); Signed-off-by: Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it> Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-dl@retis.sssup.it Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471184828-12644-4-git-send-email-tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-09-05sched/deadline: Make CPU heap faster avoiding real swaps on heapifyTommaso Cucinotta
This change goes from heapify() ops done by swapping with parent/child so that the item to fix moves along, to heapify() ops done by just pulling the parent/child chain by 1 pos, then storing the item to fix just at the end. On a non-trivial heapify(), this performs roughly half stores wrt swaps. This has been measured to achieve up to 10% of speed-up for cpudl_set() calls, with a randomly generated workload of 1K,10K,100K random heap insertions and deletions (75% cpudl_set() calls with is_valid=1 and 25% with is_valid=0), and randomly generated cpu IDs, with up to 256 CPUs, as measured on an Intel Core2 Duo. Signed-off-by: Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it> Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-dl@retis.sssup.it Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471184828-12644-3-git-send-email-tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-09-05sched/deadline: Refactor CPU heap codeTommaso Cucinotta
1. heapify up factored out in new dedicated function heapify_up() (avoids repetition of same code) 2. call to cpudl_change_key() replaced with heapify_up() when cpudl_set actually inserts a new node in the heap 3. cpudl_change_key() replaced with heapify() that heapifies up or down as needed. Signed-off-by: Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it> Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-dl@retis.sssup.it Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471184828-12644-2-git-send-email-tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-08-10sched/deadline: Fix wrap-around in DL heapTommaso Cucinotta
Current code in cpudeadline.c has a bug in re-heapifying when adding a new element at the end of the heap, because a deadline value of 0 is temporarily set in the new elem, then cpudl_change_key() is called with the actual elem deadline as param. However, the function compares the new deadline to set with the one previously in the elem, which is 0. So, if current absolute deadlines grew so much to have negative values as s64, the comparison in cpudl_change_key() makes the wrong decision. Instead, as from dl_time_before(), the kernel should handle correctly abs deadlines wrap-arounds. This patch fixes the problem with a minimally invasive change that forces cpudl_change_key() to heapify up in this case. Signed-off-by: Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468921493-10054-2-git-send-email-tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-05-12sched/core: Use tsk_cpus_allowed() instead of accessing ->cpus_allowedThomas Gleixner
Use the future-safe accessor for struct task_struct's. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462969411-17735-1-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-23sched/deadline: Unify dl_time_before() usageJuri Lelli
Move dl_time_before() static definition in include/linux/sched/deadline.h so that it can be used by different parties without being re-defined. Reported-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441188096-23021-3-git-send-email-juri.lelli@arm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-02-04sched/deadline: Remove cpu_active_mask from cpudl_find()Xunlei Pang
cpu_active_mask is rarely changed (only on hotplug), so remove this operation to gain a little performance. If there is a change in cpu_active_mask, rq_online_dl() and rq_offline_dl() should take care of it normally, so cpudl::free_cpus carries enough information for us. For the rare case when a task is put onto a dying cpu (which rq_offline_dl() can't handle in a timely fashion), it will be handled through _cpu_down()->...->multi_cpu_stop()->migration_call() ->migrate_tasks(), preventing the task from hanging on the dead cpu. Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Xunlei Pang <pang.xunlei@linaro.org> [peterz: changelog] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1421642980-10045-2-git-send-email-pang.xunlei@linaro.org Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-01-30sched/deadline: Modify cpudl::free_cpus to reflect rd->onlineXunlei Pang
Currently, cpudl::free_cpus contains all CPUs during init, see cpudl_init(). When calling cpudl_find(), we have to add rd->span to avoid selecting the cpu outside the current root domain, because cpus_allowed cannot be depended on when performing clustered scheduling using the cpuset, see find_later_rq(). This patch adds cpudl_set_freecpu() and cpudl_clear_freecpu() for changing cpudl::free_cpus when doing rq_online_dl()/rq_offline_dl(), so we can avoid the rd->span operation when calling cpudl_find() in find_later_rq(). Signed-off-by: Xunlei Pang <pang.xunlei@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1421642980-10045-1-git-send-email-pang.xunlei@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-09-24sched/deadline: Fix inter- exclusive cpusets migrationsJuri Lelli
Users can perform clustered scheduling using the cpuset facility. After an exclusive cpuset is created, task migrations happen only between CPUs belonging to the same cpuset. Inter- cpuset migrations can only happen when the user requires so, moving a task between different cpusets. This behaviour is broken in SCHED_DEADLINE, as currently spurious inter- cpuset migration may happen without user intervention. This patch fix the problem (and shuffles the code a bit to improve clarity). Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: raistlin@linux.it Cc: michael@amarulasolutions.com Cc: fchecconi@gmail.com Cc: daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de Cc: vincent@legout.info Cc: luca.abeni@unitn.it Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1411118561-26323-4-git-send-email-juri.lelli@arm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-05-22sched/deadline: Replace NR_CPUS arraysPeter Zijlstra
Tejun reported that his resume was failing due to order-3 allocations from sched_domain building. Replace the NR_CPUS arrays in there with a dynamically allocated array. Reported-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-kat4gl1m5a6dwy6nzuqox45e@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-05-07sched/deadline: Fix memory leakLi Zefan
Free cpudl->free_cpus allocated in cpudl_init(). Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com> Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.14+ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/534F36CE.2000409@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-02-27sched/deadline: Switch CPU's presence test orderJuri Lelli
Commit 82b9580 ("sched/deadline: Test for CPU's presence explicitly") changed how we check if a CPU returned by cpudeadline machinery is valid. But, we don't want to call cpu_present() if best_cpu is equal to -1. So, switch the order of tests inside WARN_ON(). Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com Cc: konrad.wilk@oracle.com Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1393238832-9100-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-02-21sched/deadline: Test for CPU's presence explicitlyBoris Ostrovsky
A hot-removed CPU may have ID that is numerically larger than the number of existing CPUs in the system (e.g. we can unplug CPU 4 from a system that has CPUs 0, 1 and 4). Thus the WARN_ONs should check whether the CPU in question is currently present, not whether its ID value is less than num_present_cpus(). Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Reported-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1392646353-1874-1-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2014-01-16sched/deadline: Fix sparse static warningsFengguang Wu
new sparse warnings: >> kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c:38:6: sparse: symbol 'cpudl_exchange' was not declared. Should it be static? >> kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c:46:6: sparse: symbol 'cpudl_heapify' was not declared. Should it be static? >> kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c:71:6: sparse: symbol 'cpudl_change_key' was not declared. Should it be static? >> kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c:195:15: sparse: memset with byte count of 163928 Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Fixes: 6bfd6d72f51c ("sched/deadline: speed up SCHED_DEADLINE pushes with a push-heap") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/52d47f8c.EYJsA5+mELPBk4t6\%fengguang.wu@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-01-13sched/deadline: speed up SCHED_DEADLINE pushes with a push-heapJuri Lelli
Data from tests confirmed that the original active load balancing logic didn't scale neither in the number of CPU nor in the number of tasks (as sched_rt does). Here we provide a global data structure to keep track of deadlines of the running tasks in the system. The structure is composed by a bitmask showing the free CPUs and a max-heap, needed when the system is heavily loaded. The implementation and concurrent access scheme are kept simple by design. However, our measurements show that we can compete with sched_rt on large multi-CPUs machines [1]. Only the push path is addressed, the extension to use this structure also for pull decisions is straightforward. However, we are currently evaluating different (in order to decrease/avoid contention) data structures to solve possibly both problems. We are also going to re-run tests considering recent changes inside cpupri [2]. [1] http://retis.sssup.it/~jlelli/papers/Ospert11Lelli.pdf [2] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rt-users/msg06778.html Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1383831828-15501-14-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>